hugo/docs/content/en/functions/transform/HTMLEscape.md
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---
title: transform.HTMLEscape
description: Returns the given string, escaping special characters by replacing them with HTML entities.
categories: []
keywords: []
action:
aliases: [htmlEscape]
related:
- functions/transform/HTMLUnescape
returnType: string
signatures: [transform.HTMLEscape INPUT]
aliases: [/functions/htmlescape]
---
The `transform.HTMLEscape` function escapes five special characters by replacing them with [HTML entities]:
- `&``&`
- `<``&lt;`
- `>``&gt;`
- `'``&#39;`
- `"``&#34;`
For example:
```go-html-template
{{ htmlEscape "Lilo & Stitch" }} → Lilo &amp; Stitch
{{ htmlEscape "7 > 6" }} → 7 &gt; 6
```
[html entities]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Entity